From Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 03 September 2014
About this Item
First edition, first printing. BAL's C binding (no priority) with 2 1/8" ornaments, rules and filigrees (rather than boxes) blindstamped on spine. [vi], 303 pp. Bound in publisher's dark brown ribbed cloth with elaborate blindstamped front and back boards, spine lettered in gilt, cream endpapers. Very Good, cloth worn at head and tail; two small stains to rear board; small tear to front free endpaper, and following page has an ink gift inscription and has a tear repaired with mending tissue; small scrape to half title; some foxing to conetnts, a few dog-eared pages. Decorative blindstamping to cloth still quite distinct. An attractive copy, uncommon thus. The first series of Emerson's essays, including the truly classic "Self-Reliance" and "The Over-Soul.". Seller Inventory # 140945718
Bibliographic Details
Title: Essays
Publisher: James Munroe, Boston
Publication Date: 1841
Edition: First edition.
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